dress
A piece of clothing for a woman or girl that covers the top of the body and hangs down over the legs.
A piece of clothing for women or girls that covers the body and extends down over the legs, usually with a skirt attached.
To put clothes on yourself or someone else.
To put clothes on oneself or on another person.
To make something look nice by arranging or adding things to it.
To decorate or arrange something, especially to make it look attractive for a particular purpose.
To clean and put a bandage on a cut or injury.
To clean and cover a wound to protect it and help it heal.
To clean meat, chicken, or fish before cooking.
To prepare meat, poultry, or fish for cooking by cleaning it and removing unwanted parts.
- Base: dress
- Plural: dress, dresses
- Base: dress
- 3rd Person Singular: dresses
- Present Participle: dressing
- Past: dressed
dress down
1Wear informal clothes instead of formal ones
To wear casual clothes instead of formal clothes.
- On Fridays we can dress down at work.
- He decided to dress down for the meeting.
dress up
1Wear formal or special clothes
To put on nice or formal clothes for a special event.
- We have to dress up for the wedding.
- She dressed up as a princess for the party.
dressed to kill
1Wearing very attractive, attention-getting clothes
Wearing very beautiful or stylish clothes that make people notice you.
- She arrived at the party dressed to kill.
- He was dressed to kill in his new suit.
in full dress
1Wearing ceremonial clothes or uniforms
Wearing very formal or ceremonial clothes.
- The officers arrived in full dress for the parade.
- She appeared in full dress at the gala.
dress rehearsal
1Final full-costume practice before performance
The last practice of a play or show, done in costume before performing for an audience.
- Tonight is our final dress rehearsal before opening night.
- The actors were exhausted after the dress rehearsal, but opening night went perfectly.
- The actors were nervous during the dress rehearsal.
- We discovered several technical problems during the dress rehearsal.
- Parents are allowed to watch the dress rehearsal of the school play.